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ThinkstockThailand is supposed to be a destination for the exotic and for beautiful beaches and great history. Currently, it is under a military coup. The nation’s military chief announced in a...
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Caterpillar has had a much better performance for its investors in 2014 than the pundits might have guessed. In fact, shares were up about 17.5% prior to Tuesday.
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Petrobras has been plagued for years, and the capital structure inside the company is about as bad as it can be for the common stockholders who have high ambitions of huge gains down the road.
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ThinkstockThis weekend we covered something that should have been more controversial than it was made out to be. That would be whether it was safe to invest in emerging markets. It so happened that...
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ThinkstockEmerging markets have not been performing the way they have in many past bull markets. Most investor interest and direction from Wall Street strategists decided earlier this year that the...
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ThinkstockRussia is the world’s seventh largest economy based on gross domestic product (GDP). The CIA World Factbook puts its GDP for 2013 at $2.55 trillion. An even modest contraction would push...
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Not surprisingly, when consumers in five emerging market countries were asked to name pick their choice of connected devices, Apple came out on top. Samsung continues to lead in sales however.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 140 points after a dismal ISM manufacturing report on Monday. It is now down more than 1,000 points from its high.
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The equity strategy team at J.P. Morgan presented a new research report that actually makes a very solid case not only for equities, but for equities with higher emerging market exposure. Here are 10...
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The S&P 500 has dropped more than 5% in 2014, and virtually all of that has come in the past week. Much of the blame has been put on financial risks in emerging markets. Interest rates in some of...
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Brazil is one of the so-called BRIC nations, an investment term denoting Brazil, Russia, India and China. This used to have great growth connotations for investors, but as you can tell by the past...
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ThinkstockMeg Whitman recently said there would be no huge layoffs at Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ). However, she can only look so far into the future, and her vision eventually will have to take...
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ThinkstockCredit Suisse has initiated coverage of Chinese Internet stocks. Its sector weighting is now listed as Overweight, but we have seen individual stocks with analyst calls that are mixed, from...
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CIA World FactbookTurkey is supposed to be one of the great emerging markets. Unfortunately, its growth has been derailed, its nation was hit hard by protests and unrest over the summer, and now it...
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ThinkstockIndia is slowly, or rapidly, becoming a complete financial disaster. Growth has slowed and the nation is trying to do what it can to fight inflation while still trying to juice up the...
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